MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 21:52
Run Duration	369 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 76.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 785 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1556 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 78 70% 84.6 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 71.1 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8603057354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 41523743824647 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 102 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 45 73017393187 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 73017393187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8603057354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8603057354 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8603057354 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12828 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7368 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7368 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7516 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6619230	63.5% Good	Read 446 Write 138 Mixed 167 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 16.9 111% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 94.4 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 31.8 47% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 178GB free Firmware: DE13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197165833 (03) Spinup time 89 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 159984400329 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2715 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475360785 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 656736295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 197165833 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120323508850846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 605368879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3096118748	37.4% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 59.8 Mixed 76.6 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 4.68 Mixed 6.99 11% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.16 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 12% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2400 2x8GB 1,214 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	339x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	269x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16